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as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
she consciously avoided walking past the abandoned house, with its broken windows and sagging porch
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as in rampant
showing no signs of being under control
wild, abandoned dancing that shocked the staid chaperones at the debutante ball
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as in indulged
to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly
more than ready to abandon himself to a life of complete idleness for the duration of his vacation
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as in left
to cause to remain behind
abandoned the group that he had been hiking with and struck out on his own
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as in canceled
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch
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as in discontinued
to stop doing (something) permanently
marriage customs that were abandoned decades ago
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Recent Examples of abandoned
Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
And her car, her father said, was abandoned on Rollins Street in front of the Assembly of God church in Moberly.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
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Adjective
Rogers is shopworker Polly Parrish, who gets mistakenly identified as the parent of an abandoned baby.
—Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Thousands of abandoned and derelict vessels around the US pose environmental and navigational challenges.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
Rural villages have abandoned businesses and houses.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
And her car, her father said, was abandoned on Rollins Street in front of the Assembly of God church in Moberly.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abandoned
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In fact the highlight, coming near the conclusion is simply a spectacular car/horse/alien run for the roses down a deserted highway with Sung-Ki riding the horse next to the car, followed by another alien who could give a Kenyan a run for his money in the NY Marathon.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
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Single’s Inferno in particular showcases a cast of women and men mostly in their early twenties on a deserted island, their poreless skin glowing as a breeze blows through their windswept hair.—
Sarah Wang,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Even before auditions started, there’s been rampant speculation about who might wield Bond’s Walther PPK, with everyone from Jacob Elordi to Callum Turner and Aaron Taylor-Johnson rumored to be in contention for the role.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Dalila Santiago, a close friend and leader in López’s movement, said after rampant impunity in Honduras, Fúnez’s detention came as a shock.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Perhaps the latter must be indulged a bit to build a platform for the former—forests sometimes need to burn in order to thrive.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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After the case was announced, Kenya’s president canceled multimillion-dollar airport expansion and energy deals with Adani.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Developers have canceled at least 20 data centers in the first three months of this year due to local opposition.—
Cooper Katz McKim,
NPR,
18 May 2026
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Amazon Today, which used Flex drivers to pick up orders from malls and retailers, was discontinued in late 2024 after drivers often left stores with just one or two items.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
13 May 2026
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The basic plan has been discontinued.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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For months, the fighters had been quietly clearing a disused water tunnel just over 2 miles long, deep behind enemy lines in the countryside around Aleppo.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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It is already known that it will be located on the grounds of a disused former nursery and will include a large pond with a pergola.—
Valentine Ulgu-Servant,
Vanity Fair,
14 Apr. 2026
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RTDs will not grow at runaway speed forever.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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On May 10, the Richland County Sheriff's Department responded to a call for service about a runaway child being held at Fuller's residence, the agency said in a news release.—
Janelle Griffith,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
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Fedde surrendered three runs in the fourth — a rally that started on a triple by Luis Arraez that was just out of the reach of right fielder Jarred Kelenic.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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Cole exited in line for the win but settled for a no-decision after the Yankees’ bullpen surrendered four runs in the eighth.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
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“Abandoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abandoned. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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